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History => Ancient and Medieval History => Topic started by: Duncan Head on May 12, 2023, 11:53:49 AM

Title: (Some of) first Americans came from China
Post by: Duncan Head on May 12, 2023, 11:53:49 AM
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/may/09/prehistoric-migrations-china-americas
Title: Re: (Some of) first Americans came from China
Post by: Imperial Dave on May 12, 2023, 12:57:40 PM
thanks Duncan and wouldnt surprise me
Title: Re: (Some of) first Americans came from China
Post by: Ian61 on May 12, 2023, 02:38:47 PM
There is an odd 'northern bias' to the thinking about the early inhabitants of the Americas and certainly people were there from some considerable length of time pre Columbus. An early idea about the Clovis culture being original settlers travelling over a land bridge about 10 thousand years ago has been well debunked by numerous pre-Clovis sites in N. America and evidence of much earlier inhabitation of S. America. Two major waves maybe but as so often the reality is probably complex with a number of smaller groups also making it across. That some groups would have come from the China area is simply logical from the positions especially following the northern route. Like Dave, I am not surprised.